Despondent male threatens
suicide/causes freeway closure

Riverside, Ca- On Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at about
12:54 pm a Moreno Valley man, despondent over personal problems, threatened to
jump from the El Cerrito over-crossing at the 215 Freeway. Officers of the
Riverside Police Department and the California Highway Patrol closed down the
affected freeway and side streets for approximately 40 minutes, for the public
safety.

Riverside Police
Department negotiators came to the scene and, after brief negotiations with the
subject, he was taken into custody voluntarily and transported to a
psychological evaluation facility for treatment.